Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, has launched the 2024-2025 Altair Global Student Contest. The contest is open to all students who want to show off their engineering and design talents for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes amounting to nearly $30 000. It will showcase how students are using Altair software to create game-changing innovations, specifically in the fields of robotics and mechatronics.
Altair’s 2024-2025 Global Student Contest will showcase how students use Altair software to create tomorrow’s innovations in robotics and mechatronics.
The Global Student Contest will run from October 2024 through to June 2025. Students are invited to optimise a robotics application of their choice, which could include a FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) robot, manufacturing robot, robotic arm, battle bot, or any other robotic system. Optimisations can target electrical, mechanical, structural, lightweighting, motion, or functional aspects, such as using data to enhance the robot's performance during operation.
While students can use any solution from the Altair® HyperWorks® and Altair® RapidMiner® platforms, they are encouraged to use at least one of Altair’s most student-friendly optimisation tools: Altair® Inspire™, Altair® AI Studio, and Altair® PSIM™. Students must submit a video that explains their project’s methodology and results. At the end of each quarter during the contest period, participants have the chance to win $2 000 for first place, $1 000 for second place, and $500 for third place.
In addition, throughout the contest, Altair will award three FIRST team sponsorships of $5 000 each. Teams can earn a chance to win by submitting short, reel-like testimonial videos that explain how Altair tools have helped them and why they enjoy using them. Altair will also announce three Altair Student Ambassadorships, giving each recipient a chance to earn up to $1 000 for their contributions as a student ambassador. More information on the student ambassadorships can be found on the contest’s webpage.
“We are delighted to see one of our corporate sponsors offer a global student contest which includes encouraging pre-university students to apply their skills to building next-gen robotics,” said Scott Legasse, Senior Manager for Corporate Relations at FIRST. “Altair strives to help students of all ages be real-world ready, and this is another indication of their focus on that.”
FIRST is a global non-profit public charity corporation founded in 1989 with the goal of preparing young people, ages four to 18, for the future, through a suite of inclusive, team-based robotics programmes. The FIRST Robotics Competition programme debuted in 1992 and operates in more than 28 countries and regions worldwide with participants in grades 8 to12. Since its inception FIRST has reached more than 3.2 million student participants around the world.
For more information visit: https://web.altair.com/global-student-contest-2024.
